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It has been awhile since the Victorians had their last two day event.

However all three clubs Diamond Valley Archers, Mornington Peninsula Bowmen & Twin Cities Archers supported the States new initiative of running the one day series, this year managed by the Diamond Valley Archers with plans to distribute to the two other clubs in 2018. A thankyou to URBAN Archery for suppling the gift certificates for the winners of the series – more to come later in the year.

The wait was over, and the keen 3D Archers made their way down to Twin Cities Archers.

As people made their way down to the area, the club was made available for those want to camp out on the grounds or in the club house, others went to their usual stays in the area.

Saturday came quickly, as the rest of the members turned up, looking at the weather while a little chill in the air was still around, teams set out to face the challenges of the courses.

Range setters were smiling (as we all do) waiting to see the surprises that awaited the competitors.

Rain had changed some of the terrain, so it even surprised some of the ones assisting laying out the courses, but all found their way around the course.

It was not long before one could hear the sound of targets connecting with the shot, and others that well just did not want to play a score their archer’s intended.

The Javillina in the shadows created its challenges, as did the crocodile even though out in the open and a wet spot in the scores zone giving us a point to aim for – surprising how these arrows had a mind of their own though.

Elevated shots also gave their own set of challenges not a far shot, but a fox! Good try some of us took up the challenge and sent a cluster of arrows into the zone all touching one another.

Another shot that blended in, Honey Bear in a burnt out tree – well thought out shot.

The day moved on and soon the 30 targets were being discussed back at the club house along with their challenges meanwhile the course setters were at it again; laying out the course for the 20 targets on Sunday.

In usual fashion the members were getting together to go out together for dinner as a group with a few hours to get tidied up, wash off the day’s walking across the fields.

Sunday’s weather held up well and once again the day went well, with all archers from cubs to the seniors enjoying the two days of fun and changing events.

A note of appreciation to all the Twin City Archers team that assisted set the courses, arrange the meals and Brett & Julie for putting their trip away aside to make sure they were there to assist and manage the shoot for the 3D Archers in Victoria.

As usual; a thank you to our sponsors with two of our Cub Juniors – Levi & Bella Ellen receiving a $40.00 Gift Voucher. Check out our sponsors on our website and support them, a full list can be found here.

Check out the pictures etc. on the 3D AAA website – http://www.3daaa.com

Next event will be at Mornington Peninsula Bowmen on the 9th & 10th of September 2017

Over 100 archers attended the 2017 Hinterland Field Archers 3DAAA sanctioned shoot in July.

Perfect weather conditions prevailed for the 2 days of the shoot, with all archers commenting on the outstanding presentation of the ranges. The cool morning starts were followed by beautiful sunny skies and calm conditions, providing excellent opportunities for everyone to enjoy the facilities.

The ranges were set to provide a challenging but rewarding experience for all those who participated and congratulations must go to all HFA members who contributed to the setup. Congratulations to all trophy winners as well – you earned it!

The canteen staff did an amazing job of keeping up with the demand for the large range of excellent food & beverages – the hot soup & roast beef & gravy rolls were particular favourites.

The top ten aided shootout went to Jason Van Hass (Brian Baker took things a little too easy by taking a seat for his shot.) The unaided division went to Steve Williams.

If you weren’t able to attend this year don’t miss out next year – you’ll regret it.

Never trust a weather man. They’re all liars making their living off a lucky chance.

In the days leading up to the Lake Mac Classic they’d been forecasting doom.  “A months rain in 2 days” they said, and on the Friday night there was just enough drizzle hanging around to give them credibility.

But the morning of Saturday 20^th May 2017 dawned with a bit of fog that cleared by 9:00am to present two of the most gorgeous sunny Autumn days you could ask for. It set us up for a fabulous two days of 3D competition.

The event was the 3^rd round of the 3DAAA NSW State Series for 2017, and was hosted at the Lake Macquarie Field Archers’ club grounds at Wakefield NSW.

The hard-working crew from LMFA, led by Simeon Weir, had once again prepared five high class ranges that tested the stamina and mental toughness of the competitors. The terrain at venue provides scope for a wide range of challenging shots. Dark tunnels, undulating gullies and open woodland, used in combination with conveniently placed trees and fallen timber resulted in loads of dead ground and made distance judging a fraught business.

You don’t have to made shots long to make them difficult to judge, and none found the ranges presented to be as straight forward as they might have liked.

There were some fabulous scores presented, but (to Simmo’s satisfaction) no perfect rounds were recorded over the two days.

Top men’s score for the weekend was Ben Doyle, who took out MBO division with a 479.

Best of the ladies was Tracy Redgrove with a 442 to win FBR

Dustyn Oloman was the winner of the Top 10 shoot-out on the Saturday afternoon.

A busy canteen was manned by Nathan McKerrow and the team of volunteers, who kept everyone well fuelled throughout the event.

The Saturday night dinner put together by Donna Gilroy, Sharyn Dick and Paul “Dodge” Faux led into an entertaining night of fun and laughs.

Lake Macquarie Field Archers would like to thank the following businesses for their kind support, without whom the event would not have been anywhere near as successful:

• Tenzone Archery    www.tenzonearchery.com.au
• Benson Archery Warehouse       www.bensonarchery.com.au
• Carney Archery & Camping Supplies – Cessnock  (02) 4991 2208
• Screen Signs – Cardiff  www.screensigns.com.au
• Abbey Archery        www.abbeyarchery.com.au
• Lakeside Archery and Supplies   www.lakesidearchery.com.au
• Lakes Army Disposals   www.lakesarmy.com.au
• Burson Auto Parts, Morisset     www.burson.com.au

Attendance numbers this year were a little down on previous years, as it appears that the dire weather forecast put a few of the regular punters off. If you were one of them, then let that be a lesson. Never trust a weatherman.

Well another great shoot hosted by Caboolture & District Bowmen. The shoot was held off club grounds again (thank you John & Heather for the use of the grounds again this year, always greatly appreciated) and the courses were set several weeks in advance. We all hoped that the weather gods would be kind to us this year knowing that we changed our shoot from September to March in the anticipation that we would be in a better position weather wise at that time of the year.  But Friday came and here were the set up crew huddled under a tarp where we saw 72mm of rain dropped in just 40 mins. There was a torrential river flowing near the canteen area and we could only imagine what it was like on the courses particularly the targets that were set in the gullies. When the bucketing rain was over the team could only say, in true Caboolture style, ‘Well gang, time to reset some of the those targets again’ (maybe there may have been a few more choice words added in there too??), but this could not be achieved properly till the next morning as some rains continued throughout the night. Very early the next morning saw the rain stopped and the crew go out to rearrange the targets so the shoot could go on. This meant delaying the start time to 8.30am to ensure the safety of all. Hey, but this didn’t stop the keenest of archers in attending the shoot. (…..we just thank our lucky stars that TC Debbie happened the week after the shoot and not on that weekend….phew!!!!).

Some of the targets located in the creek and gully areas could not be retrieved as they were under water. Well those targets just needed to wait to be rescued when the water subsided. New targets were set within the existing courses. And what courses they ended up to be – not hard courses but tricky and very challenging, as they always do. Had to really think about what you were shooting at given where and how those targets were positioned. That croc saw a few archers come unstuck and certainly did a few people’s heads in. Well done to the course setters and their band of helpers – job well done again – but still a few 100s being shoot over the weekend.

The shoot saw some 86 shooters attend the event.  Good to see all the familiar faces and new ones too come out and support the club. Saturday and Sunday saw sunny and steamy conditions but everyone came out and endured.

On the Saturday an archer’s string came off his cam, the other shooting team members assisted in getting the string back on the cam (not in a conventional style….. but with the aid of a snatch strap), so that the archer could continue shooting. How fantastic is that…. to see some camaraderie on the course and in the sport. Well done fellas

The canteen also provided a delectable array of food and drinks to satisfy those hungry and thirsty archers. Again another fantastic band of helpers did a magnificent job all weekend and might I say always with friendly and smiling faces behind the scenes.

The Top 10 shoot off was held on Sunday prior to the presentation in a slightly different style teaming 2 shooters together and having 10 teams. The scores of each team were totalled and the highest scoring team the winner, being Jason Van Hass and Elva Smith. Always good for clubs to try different styles of Top 10 Shoot offs, keeps it interesting and entertaining.  Well done and congratulations to all of the placegetters that achieved in their respective divisions and to everyone else who shot in the competition whether competitively or non-competitively. The Committee would like to thank you all for attending our shoot, it was a pleasure to have you there and hope you had an enjoyable weekend of shooting.

Happy Archering

Caboolture & District Bowmen Inc